FunComp
Project |
| Panel
Discussion Organised by CUTS
International and Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies
(RGICS), Competition policy is now out of the WTO agenda in the aftermath of the failure of the Cancun Ministerial and more so after the July Package of 2004. Though it may stage a comeback, there is no certainty as such. Considering the existent producer bias in the WTO and increasing intgeration of world economies due to globalisation, a global competition policy can provide the necessary balance. The dropping off of competition policy from the current round of negotiations at the WTO should not act as a bump on the road to a constructive dialogue on competition policy. There is a clear need to go on for a better understanding of the possible benefits of competition policy at both national and international levels. Times are changing quite rapidly and business malpractices are crossing borders unabashedly. Thus international cooperation is an imperative, rather than a disadvantage to the developing world. However, the WTO appears to be too hot a forum to discuss competition policy. It may well be the case that the WTO is not the right forum to have an agreement on competition policy which requires a lot of “constructive cooperation”. There are of course some existing forums that can deal with the issue. A totally new global forum to deal with the issue can also be envisaged. However, the work already done at the WTO should not go waste. To examine and explore the issues and alternatives, the subject-mentioned panel discussion has been organised. For further details, please contact: Nitya Nanda (Mr) at c-cier@cuts.org Mohammed Saqib (Mr) at saqib@rgfindia.com |
| CUTS
Centre for Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation (C-CIER) |
| D-217, Bhaskar Marg, Bani Park, Jaipur 302 016, India Ph: 91.141.2282821, Fax: 91.141.2282485 |
